Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you
(spoken)
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows"
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....
"Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do."

...CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield performed a simple science experiment designed by grade 10 Lockview High School students Kendra Lemke and Meredith Faulkner. The students from Fall River, Nova Scotia won a national science contest held by the Canadian Space Agency with their experiment on surface tension in space using a wet washcloth...

...how a microgravity environment could influence an experiment. Their experiment "Ring it out" investigates the effects of weightlessness on the reaction of water after being wrung out of a soaked washcloth. Their hypothesis that the water would not drip in microgravity but rather remain on the washcloth was proven correct. In the absence of gravity to pull the water down, it took a shake or a quick squeeze from Commander Hadfield for the washcloth to release the water.

0:05
(piano playing)
0:26
Commander Hadfield (singing): Ground control to major Tom
0:33
Ground control to major Tom
0:40
Lock your Soyuz hatch and put your helmet on
0:47
Ground control to major Tom
0:54
Commencing countdown, engines on
1:01
Detach from Station, and may god's love be with you
1:08
(piano playing)
1:12
(music swells)
1:18
This is ground control to major Tom, you've really made the grade
1:27
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
1:35
But it's time to guide the capsule if you da-a-a-are
1:43
This is major Tom to ground control, I've left forevermore
1:52
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
1:59
And the stars look very different toda-a-a-ay
2:07
For here am I sitting in a tin can
2:14
Far above the world
2:22
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing left to do
2:30
(acoustic guitar riff)
2:38
(music swells)
2:58
Though I've flown one hundred thousand miles
3:03
I'm feeling very still
3:08
And before too long I know it's time to go
3:16
Our Commander comes down back to earth and knows
3:23
Ground control to major Tom,
3:26
The time is near, there's not too long
3:30
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
3:33
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
3:37
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
3:40
Can you...
3:41
Here am I floating in my tin can
3:48
Last glimpse of the world
3:55
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing left to do
4:04
(acoustic guitar riffs)
4:11
(instrumental)